I’ve walked up there once. In a way, it’s a oddity. It’s the highest point in Australia, but not in Australasia (there are higher mountains in New Guinea and in New Zealand), and it’s not the highest Australian mountain (that would be Mawson Peak, in a territory of Australia), and its level of difficulty is that a 3-year-old could easily walk to the peak.
I’ve driven past Campbell Hill (Ohio) but I’ve never made the treacherous 50 foot ascent to the municipal water facilities at the top. We have more substantial hills, but they’re in a lower part of the state.
You must be in amazing physical condition!!
Henceforth I shall spin that as “I like to ski at 6000 feet.”
I’ve been to the summit of Mt. Mitchell (6684 ft) a couple of times.
The sherpas of northern-western Florida are a friendly bunch.
Hey, I’m impressed; I’ve only been to Mt. Trashmore.
I’ve never been there, but I will be this summer. My mother and I are taking a little roadtrip this summer.
Have oxygen on hand, that altitude sickness is nothing to mess around with if you plan on climbing that monster. Be sure you have your affairs in order.
Native Californian. I have not been to the top of Mt. Whitney. In Washington now. I’ve not been to the top of Mt. Rainier, nor even Mt. Baker (which is my local mountain).
Too much trouble. Now, if I had a helicopter capable of operating at those altitudes…
The hike to the summit of Mount Rogers in Virginia is quite scenic. Unfortunately, there is not much to see on the actual top as it is shrouded in trees. My wife and I went there several years ago.
Nope. Mt. Arvon, Michigan is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay out in the boonies in the western Upper Peninsula, and according to the wiki page you have to drive up a remote logging road to get there.
The Lower Peninsula of Michigan is pretty damn flat compaired to the Upper Peninsula. The highest point in the Lower Peninsula is probably the top of some landfill site (Actually, my guess would be the Sleeping Bear Dunes along Lake Michigan, near Traverse City.)
I have never been to my current home state of Ohio’s highest point, but I have been to the highest point in Maryland. It’s a ridge called Hoye-Crest on Backbone Mountain, barely inside of Maryland.
According to peakbagger.org, the high point of the Lower Peninsula is Briar Hill in the Manistee State Forest not too far from Cadillac, elevation 1706 feet.
Sleeping Bear is several hundred feet lower. Comes of starting at the elevation of Lake Michigan, approx.
Yes! Last year, at age 53, I finally got around to scaling Charles Mound, the highest point in Illinois (1,235 feet). The land is privately owned, but the owners open it up to the public on three or four weekends every year.
It was a hot and humid day and the climb turned out to be a rather sweaty slog. I felt like I had accomplished something when I got to the summit marker!
Just last week I climbed Mount Whitney to the 10,000-foot level (you start at about 8,400), which was plenty high enough for me.
Oh hell no. I live in Colorado, the land of Fourteeners. But I’ve been to Leadville and Animas Forks a couple of times and been over Vail Pass, Coal Bank Pass, Molas Pass, Red Mountain Pass (on Christmas Day, even!), and Lizard Head Pass. Oh, and I almost forgot Wolf Creek Pass. That’s good enough for me!
I haven’t driven there, but I’ve climbed up in winter. Ice axe and spikes required.
My fiancee is doing all 50 states. She’s north of 40 now (maybe even north of 45). I’m not doing them, but I have 20-some-odd from accompanying her on trips. Highest, Mount Elbert in Colorado.
No. I don’t believe I’ve ever even been on Highway 309, let alone the part where Magazine Mountain is located. Like most Arkansas mountains, including the ones I live in, it’s really more a plateau than a mountain.